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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Fowler, Gene, 1950- Border radio. Austin : University of Texas Press, c2002 (OCoLC)653022987 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gene Fowler; Bill Crawford |
| ISBN: | 0292725388 9780292725386 0292725353 9780292725355 |
| OCLC Number: | 47176968 |
| Description: | viii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: turn your radio on -- Del Rio's Dr. Brinkley: the big daddy of border radio -- Purple shadow on the Rio Grande: Norman Baker in Nuevo Laredo -- Border blaster at black rock -- Crazy -- Please pass the tamales, pappy 6 -- "Radio waves pay no attention to lines on a map" -- "Coast to coast, border to border . . . your good neighbor along the way" -- Howlin' on a quarter million watts -- Blasting from Baja -- Radio station S-A-V-E-D -- That outlaw X -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- "Border radio" song lyrics from Nevada Slim. |
| Responsibility: | Gene Fowler & Bill Crawford ; foreword by Wolfman Jack. |
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From reviews of the first edition: "The magic of [a] wildly colorful chapter in broadcast history lives on in this entertainingly informative look at the forces and the people who contributed to the rise of the medium." --Chicago Tribune "Characters like Wolfman Jack, Reverend Ike, Norman Baker, "Dr." J. R. Brinkley, Pappy O'Daniel and others were master showmen and tremendously successful salesmen. Secret-formula medicines, magic prayer cloths, Crazy Water Crystals, and goat-gland rejuvenations are just part of this often hilarious telling of this outrageous period in broadcast history." --Variety "If you're wondering where Herbalife, Home Shopping Network, No-Money-Down Seminars, and Jim and Tammy Bakker found their inspiration and techniques, look no further than this superb book." --Dallas Morning News " ... this is a fascinating and entertaining read."--Mojo, October 2005 Read more...
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